Forbiddal

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of forbidding something. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "The priests and elders among early folk no doubt took the line of forbiddal of activities, as safer and simpler, even if carried sometimes too far, than the opposite, of easy permission and encouragement."

Example

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"The priests and elders among early folk no doubt took the line of forbiddal of activities, as safer and simpler, even if carried sometimes too far, than the opposite, of easy permission and encouragement."

Etymology

From forbid + -al.

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